Le Magasin Électrique
Atelier Luma with Assemble and BC Architects & Studies
Sunflowers, salt and algae are among the biomaterials used to complete Le Magasin Électrique, the workspace of circular-design lab Atelier Luma that it self-designed with studios Assemble and BC Architects & Studies.
Based at Luma Arles arts centre in France, Le Magasin Électrique occupies a former industrial building and contains laboratories that now serve as Atelier Luma’s primary workplace.
Atelier Luma, Assemble and BC Architects & Studies’ design is defined by an unusual palette of materials made from locally sourced bio-waste, various by-products and other under-valued materials.
It aims to embody Atelier Luma’s “bioregional approach” to design, which is a term it uses to describe its transformation of resources from the surrounding region into innovative, low-carbon building products. For Atelier Luma, this “bioregion” covers a 70-kilometre radius and includes the Camargue wetlands, the Alpilles mountain range and the Crau flat plains.